Country music legend Dolly Parton received her first shot of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday and to commemorate the occasion she tweaked one of her most famous hit songs for the occasion.

She posted a video of herself receiving the jab, but before doing so, Parton sang a parody version of her 1973 hit song ‘Jolene’ going: “Vaccine, vaccine. vaccine, vaccine / I’m begging of you, please don’t hesitate.”

The 75-year-old joked in the caption of the video of the shot and song saying, “Dolly gets a dose of her own medicine,” alluding to the fact that she helped fund the Moderna vaccination.  

Last year, Parton announced that she had donated $1 million to Vanderbilt University to help find a cure for the coronavirus.

In the video, Parton is heard encouraging people to follow her lead and “get out there and get your shot”, before getting vaccinated herself, administered by her friend Dr Naji Abumrad. 

“That didn’t hurt!” Parton said after the shot.

Thanking her, Abumrad said, “I’m so glad that you’re here and that you’re giving the great message.”

The singer also clarified that she got the shot because, “I’m old enough to get it, and I’m smart enough to get it.”

“I just want to say to all of your cowards out there, don’t be such a chicken squat, get out there and get your shot,” Parton said with a laugh.

The Twitter video has garnered over 500,000 views in less than two hours.

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Her participation in the Moderna vaccine research was revealed in a preliminary report that credited “the Dolly Parton COVID-19 Research Fund” in November.

 The Food and Drug Administration authorized Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use in December, the second vaccine to be given the special authorization after the Pfizer-BioNTech variant.

It appeared Parton received her first dose Tuesday and will need to get her second dose in about four weeks, following the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations.